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Viking quiz: How much do you know about these seaborne raiders, traders and explorers?See if your Viking Age trivia knowledge is in ship-shape condition with our quiz.
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'Vulva stone' and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in NorwayAn excavation of three Viking graves in Norway reveals beads, coin jewelry and a stone carved to look like female genitalia.
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Were the Vikings really that violent?The Vikings' reputation for bloodlust compared to other medieval fighters may have been exaggerated over the years.
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1,200-year-old Viking cemetery with 'stone ship' burials discovered in SwedenArchaeologists in Sweden were expecting to find an ancient settlement, but they were surprised to discover a Viking Age cemetery with boat-shaped burial outlines.
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Why didn't the Vikings colonize North America?The Vikings landed in what is now Newfoundland, Canada around the year A.D. 1000. So why didn't they colonize the region like other Europeans did centuries later?
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50 Viking Age burials discovered in Denmark, including a woman in a rare 'Viking wagon'Finding a Viking Age burial ground of this size is rare, in part because Scandinavian soil doesn't preserve skeletons well.
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Vikings in Norway were much more likely to die violent deaths than those in DenmarkViking Age skeletons in Norway were much more likely to bear signs of lethal violence than those in Denmark, possibly because society in Norway was less stratified and centralized.
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Viking Age stone figurine unearthed in Iceland — but no one can agree on which animal it isThe small, four-legged figurine is carved out of stone, but it's unclear which animal it depicts.
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'Spectacular silver treasure' from Viking Age unearthed by college student on farm in DenmarkA metal detectorist found more than a half dozen pieces of silver jewelry while exploring farmland in Denmark.
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